have had mine since before launch, have had minor issues all quick to be fixed by customer service(1week), so great unit for the cost. but would recommened buying the elite or the new premium being the larger hard drive will eventually be needed.

With the price dropping it has a better value. Most of the games are good and the graphics/effects are great. Online features, and ability to stream content from home network are a plus. Now the negatives: personally my system gets hotter than a microwaved baked potato at times, the DVD drive, when it does open or close, runs very loud and noisy, and so do the piddly fans that barely cool down the system. I have to leave my cabinet open as to not let the heat build up, but then I would just rather keep it closed to dampen the noise. That is the biggest downfall of this console.

The 360 is a decent console. The hardware, as many of you would probably know by now, is kind of bad because you never know if your console has a hardware screw up.

Personally, the first night I played my 360 (in Christmas), I kept having a disc read error message, and when you send the console in to Microsoft, their service takes quite a long amount of time to get your console back.

The games are good though. Soon, PS3 will catch up in that department IMO.

The 360 is worth the cash, but don't be disappointed when you find that there's a flaw in your console.

When it works this is the best gaming console ever invented.

key words, when its working.